Re: Sneaking into a rokari mass / reading : your opinions

From: Jeff <richaje_at_4YLyRVJBEimzaIa8I4XoWZjpxWhXkOGSeH1Mo-7_l7k7z3lF7WrMG_FPRJfVlndYlW1V>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:22:52 -0000


> That tend to be an pan-Malkionist thing? An Abiding Book Malkionist
> thing? Are there non-Abiding Book Malkionists anymore?

Reader, Knower, and Judge probably goes back to the Malkioni True Church established in 655, not long after the appearance of the Abiding Book. The Jrusteli recognized the learned and revered Dersvamal as their first Eccesliarch. He in turn appointed 14 sages as his Judges. The Judges established rigorous tests of knowledge and purity for the Knowers - those who had the right to read the Abiding Book. [All this is in The "Middle Sea Empire"; only the nomenclature has changed].

The Malkioni True Church was Hrestoli (but not Irensavalist) and promoted inter-caste mobility. Indeed, in much of the MSE, there were no true castes. A peasant who obtained an education could rise to a Knower and even a Judge. Ambitious soldiers became rulers, appointed to positions of power by the Middle Sea Empire. Schools and Orders of Knowers were authorized by the Judges, amongst them was the School of New Order, which eventually became known as the God Learners. The unbridled creativity and experimentation of these Knowers resulted in many strange and even blasphemous interpretations of the Abiding Book that gave magical power at the price of spiritual truth.

Pascandal was a Knower who boldly preached the truth of the God Learner perversions. Only by eschewing Hrestolism and returning to the old laws of Malkion could disaster be averted. Although Pascandal was murdered by the military overseer of Tanisor (Duke), he was proven right. He is revered by the Rokari sect of Malkionism, who embraced his teachings and have returned the Malkioni to the old laws (ie strict caste division).

The Irensavalists of Loskalm consider all of this to be nonsense. They hold Malkion to be the demiurge of a corrupt world. Although they respect the sorcerous power of the Abiding Book, they believe it to be evil. The warrior-priests of Loskalm eventually defeated the Jrusteli and returned to their old lands. They have returned the Malkioni to the old pre-Abiding Book Hrestoli way and practice.

Jeff            

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